Michigan State University
Bowling Green
Women's Soccer Defeats Bowling Green, 3-2
10/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 15, 2003
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan State women's soccer team defeated Bowling Green, 3-2, in a non-conference match on Wednesday afternoon at Old College Field. The Spartans improved their record to 8-6-0 overall, while the Falcons fell to 6-8-1.
In the first half, Bowling Green's Britt Andreson started off the scoring in the eighth minute off a pass inside the box from Samantha Meister. Spartan Michelle Perun (Sr., Rochester) scored her first goal of the season and the first goal for the Spartans on a rebound off a corner kick in the first half at 13:13, with an assist from Tiffany Laskowski (Sr., Troy). The third goal of the game was scored by Michigan State's Andrea Sied (Sr., Livonia), who managed to score off a penalty kick to give the Spartans a 2-1 lead in the 44th minute of the first half. The first goal of the second half was scored by Falcons' Kristy Coppes, with an assist from Meister. The game-winning goal was scored by Spartan Erica Whatley (Sr., Lake Orion) in the 78th minute, with assists from Erin Konheim (So., West Bloomfield) and Emily Weigand (So., Portage).
The Spartans outshot Bowling Green, 20-8, with Spartan goalkeeper Stacy Heller (Sr., Madison, Wis.) finishing the game with three saves. The Falcons' goalkeeper Jenifer Kernahan finished with 10 saves.
"The main thing was the result today,??? said head coach Tom Saxton. I give the credit to our kids because we have been in a stretch where we have given up some weird goals this season. We were truly stunned when we gave up the equalizer (2-2). Thank goodness we kept our composure and got the game winner.???
MSU plays its last home game of the season on Sunday, Oct. 19 against Big Ten rival Iowa at 12 p.m. at Old College Field.
Game SummaryTeam 1st 2nd TotalMichigan State 2 1 3Bowling Green 1 1 2
Scoring Summary1. Britt Anderson(BGSU) 8:34 (Meister)2. Michelle Perun(MSU) 13:13 (T.Laskowski)3. Andrea Sied(MSU) 43:414. Kristy Coppes (BGSU) 60:49 (Meister)5. Emma Haris (MSU) 77:24 (Konheim/Wiegand)
Shot Attempts 1st 2nd TotalBowling Green 2 6 8Michigan State 8 12 20
Corner KicksBowling Green 2Michigan State 3
Cautions and Ejections:YC-BGSU #TM-- Head Coach Andy Richards
